Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [vb mod] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I eat I can not help but notice the Frenchman attending to the pig ; he has now cut the animal 's throat and has set alight to the straw , the flames and smoke engulfing the unfortunate pig . |
| 2 | I regret I can not give the correct pronunciation of the Gaelic names of the mountains : I never mastered them , adopting instead roughly similar English equivalents ; thus , for example , Ceathreamhnan to me was Chrysanthemum … |
| 3 | I regret I can not give the petitioner relief . |
| 4 | But I regret I can not agree with some of the reasoning in the judgments . |
| 5 | You must forgive me , Mrs O'Dell , I fear I can not stay for coffee — I have many other calls upon my time . |
| 6 | And I fear I can not answer that question to anyone 's satisfaction . |
| 7 | ‘ I fear I can not help you . |
| 8 | ‘ I fear I can not help you , ’ the voice concluded smoothly . |
| 9 | I mean I can not believe that the guy |
| 10 | If I am wrong , you may say nothing , and I vow I will not ask you again . ’ |
| 11 | As some of Mr. Gould 's descriptions appeared to me brief , I have enlarged them , but have always endeavoured to retain his specific character ; so that , by this means , I trust I shall not throw any obscurity on what he considers the essential character in each case ; but at the same time , I hope , that these additional remarks may render the work more complete . |
| 12 | ‘ So take the box back with you , ’ she said gently , ‘ and say I would not dream of accepting anything , because of course they are family things . |
| 13 | Does not he have a powerful point when he says : ’ The new system is run by accountants who do n't have to sit across the table from the patient and say I can not treat you' ’ until the new financial year ? |
| 14 | I suggest you will not take amiss the suggestion of a suitable restorative . ’ |
| 15 | I expect you will not see me again , eh ? |
| 16 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 17 | Bosses of the Tory-controlled authority say she can not stay in the school because she lives outside the priority area . |
| 18 | Planck is reported to have counselled the young Einstein in 1913 : ‘ As an older friend I must advise you against it ( the pursuit of the general theory of relativity ) , for in the first place you will not succeed ; and even if you do succeed no one will believe you . ’ |
| 19 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 20 | There has been an increase in suitable candidates , with women becoming more highly qualified through educational opportunities — businesses realise they can not afford to cut themselves off from 50 per cent of the market eg IBM , Unilever . |
| 21 | Now , almost ten years , on farmers there say they would not go back to the days of Government subsidies and control over what can be grown . |
| 22 | But Palestinians say they can not return to the Arab-Israeli talks until the issue of the deportation of 415 Palestinians is resolved . |
| 23 | The RUC and Army Press Office say they can not confirm reports circulating within the security forces that single 7.62 shells were found after both attacks . |
| 24 | BUT there is a dark shadow B on the horizon that these B bright , articulate 18-year-olds say they can not countenance : the rise of the extreme right and the spreading of its racist , fascist message across Europe . |
| 25 | Of course , some dieters say they can not help bingeing on such foods . |
| 26 | They budgeted for a pay award in line with inflation and while welcoming the ‘ well deserved ’ rise in teachers ' salaries say they can not fund it without cutting school budgets . |
| 27 | Regarding the diabetic specialist nurse , yes , of course we would welcome a special unit , but that does seem a bit extravagant when they say they can not find enough money for one nurse . |
| 28 | Factory bonuses have been replaced by compulsory pay deductions to buy government bonds , and many enterprises say they can not buy the bonds because they no longer have any cash . |
| 29 | Sainsbury hope to build a store on United Bus company land at Grange Road , but owners Caldaire say they can not afford to sell the land because it has to give the Government a fixed percentage of the sale . |
| 30 | Many families do n't have a car and some say they can not afford taxi fares . |